https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/page/15/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/steve-braun-was-moneyballing-before-it-was-cool-r17309/Steve Braun was a Twins player in the 1970s who would go on to greater personal and team success elsewhere in a long Major League Baseball career. Baseball Reference’s Bullpen page wrote, “Steve Braun played 15 seasons in the Major Leagues and ended his career as one of the more successful pinch...17309Sat, 02 Nov 2024 15:17:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/al-worthington-the-first-great-twins-reliever-r17282/The Minnesota Twins have a long list of great relievers. Al Worthington was their first. In my judgment, the Minnesota Twins have a tradition of good relief pitchers/closers. The Twins have had notable All-Stars closers such as Jeff Reardon, Rick Aguilera, Eddie Guardado, Joe Nathan, and Gle...17282Sun, 27 Oct 2024 17:34:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/fernando-valenzuela-only-faced-the-twins-twice%E2%80%94but-he-made-it-count-r17266/In 1993, the recently deceased legend hurled complete games against the Twins in back-to-back starts. Here's the story behind it. Twelve years after Fernando Valenzuela dazzled the NL as a 20-year-old, he found himself in a different league, donning a different uniform, giving off the aura o...17266Thu, 24 Oct 2024 16:22:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/the-twins-almanac-les-straker-makes-history-scott-leius-plays-hero-remember-joe-brinkman-r17248/Today's Twins Almanac features strong World Series starts by Les Straker and Kevin Tapani, as well as clutch moments by Chili Davis, Kent Hrbek, Scott Leius, and Holdingford High School graduate Joe Brinkman. Les Straker pitched six shutout innings in Game 3, becoming the first Venezuelan to...17248Sun, 20 Oct 2024 16:15:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/remembering-random-twins-prospects-steve-gasser-jeff-bumgarner-park-pittman-r17245/I want to look back at a trio of hyped pitching prospects from the mid- to late-1980s for today's edition of Remembering Random Twins. I remember often hearing about them as if they were a package, practically joined at the hip. They would dominate and lead the starting rotation for years to com...17245Sat, 19 Oct 2024 15:23:27 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/the-twins-almanac-minnesota-charges-into-the-world-series-r17244/Today's Twins Almanac features a clip of the incomparable Bob Casey that you're going to want to see (and hear), as well as postseason heroics by Greg Gagne and Minnesota natives Kent Hrbek, Jack Morris, and Paul Molitor.  Greg Gagne and Kent Hrbek homered as Jack Morris and the Twins beat A...17244Sat, 19 Oct 2024 15:06:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/twins-almanac-bryan-hickerson-mudcat-grants-shining-moment-jack-morriss-first-ring-r17218/Today's Twins Almanac features an all-time great cast of characters including Kirby Puckett, Jack Morris, Mudcat Grant, Billy Martin, as well as a major leaguer from Bemidji.  Happy 61st birthday to 1982 Bemidji High School graduate and five-year major leaguer Bryan Hickerson. Fun Fact: He w...17218Sun, 13 Oct 2024 16:15:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/jim-lemon-a-pre-killebrew-slugger-for-the-senators-and-twins-r17216/Before Bob Allison and Harmon Killebrew jolted into stardom, the Senators had Jim Lemon. The Washington Senators moved to Minnesota prior to the 1961 season. The Senators came into existence in 1901 as a charter member of the American League and, for the most part, had a reputation as a lous...17216Sat, 12 Oct 2024 18:18:19 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/twins-almanac-1012-postseason-heroics-from-dan-gladden-and-paul-molitor-r17214/Today's Almanac features two big ALCS wins for the Twins, two epic World Series performances by Minnesota natives, the retirement of the winningest manager in team history, a pitcher from the 1910s who settled down in Minnesota after retiring from baseball, and Hibbing hockey star Adam Johnson. ...17214Sat, 12 Oct 2024 10:02:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/former-twins-pitcher-and-longtime-great-luis-tiant-dead-at-83-r17192/It was a star-crossed stopover during an illustrious career, which is a shame. Luis Tiant was one of the giants of the game during his time, and briefly, he twirled for the Twins. Luis Tiant, the 19-year MLB veteran whose poignant life story and vivid style of pitching made him one of the ce...17192Tue, 08 Oct 2024 15:14:04 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/the-twins-almanac-happy-anniversary-to-the-best-regular-season-game-in-decades-r17180/Today's Almanac features one of the all-time fan favorites and the most exciting regular season game in Twins history. On this date in 1965, Twins second baseman Frank Quilici tied the World Series record by getting two hits in one inning off Hall of Famer Don Drysdale in the third inning of...17180Sun, 06 Oct 2024 22:05:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/twins-almanac-johan-santana-and-torii-hunter-lead-twins-over-the-yankees-r17178/Today's Almanac features postseason heroes Randy Bush, Torii Hunter, Johan Santana, and Jeff Reboulet, and Minnesota natives Blix Donnelly and Roger "Peaceful Valley" Denzer.  Major league pitcher Roger "Peaceful Valley" Denzer was born in Le Sueur, MN on this date in 1871. He passed away i...17178Sat, 05 Oct 2024 15:07:00 +0000